RT Journal Article
T1 Community forest and mushrooms: Collective action initiatives in rural areas of Galicia
A1 Pérez-Neira, David
A1 Simón, Xavier
A1 Copena, Damián
A1 Macías Vázquez, Alfredo
K1 Social-ecological system
K1 Community institutions
K1 Forest sustainability
K1 Social innovation
K1 Rural incomes
K1 Immaterial common resources
AB Galicia is a region situated in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula where community forests are very much spread. This kind of ownership is held by local communities that, collectively, decide how to manage the forest and its mycological resources as part of its non-timber forest products. In this work, we characterize and analyse the existing governance modalities for the collective use of mycological resources in both their material and immaterial aspects, and we do it by applying a social-ecological system framework combined with a knowledge economy model. Up to 21 mycological use initiatives have been identified and inventoried. Most of them manage the common resource through mycological reserves (open or closed), but there are others that produce and sell mushrooms. The work shows how communities use their governance mechanisms to define rules aimed at improving sustainability and the influx of revenues. In addition, we analyse how some of these initiatives are starting to manage their common immaterial resources (associated with values such as quality and with ecocertifications, etc.), and to develop innovative strategies (short supply chains) for the purpose of improving their position in the value chain. The text discusses community management as a strategy that allows combining sustainability objectives in the management of mycological resources with the raising of revenues in the long term. Finally, we underline the need for public policies that support successful experiences and strengthen the capacity of community institutions to appropriate the value they generate.
PB Elsevier
SN 1389-9341
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32549
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32549
LA eng
NO Copena, D., Pérez-Neira, D., Macías Vázquez, A., Simón, X. 2022. Community forest and mushrooms: Collective action initiatives in rural areas of Galicia, Forest Policy and Economics, 135, 102660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102660
NO This work has been developed within the framework of a projectentitled “La construccion ´ social de la calidad alimentaria: Mediacionesentre la produccion ´ y el consumo en una economía basada en el conocimiento” (“The social construction of food quality: Mediation betweenproduction and consumption in a knowledge-based economy”)(Ref. CSO2017- 85188-r), which has benefitted from the Aid to RDIProjects initiative of the Programa Estatal de Investigacion, ´ Desarrollo eInnovacion ´ orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad (National Plan forResearch, Development and Innovation focused on Societal Challenges),developed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry andCompetitiveness.
DS Minerva
RD 29 abr 2026